A MAN who allegedly looted jewellery and other valuables worth some $3.3 million from a house on the Essequibo Coast during a break-in was nabbed by alert cops at Parika with some of the booty.Early yesterday morning 45-year-old businessman Gordon Williams of Perseverance, Essequibo, awoke to find that his home had been broken into and then he made the unlikely discovery of a suspect hiding in his home.
The man was confronted by the businessman but managed to escape. As the businessman made further checks around his home, he found that jewellery, cash and a cell phone, all valued at $3.3 million, had vanished.
He reported the matter to the police and intense investigations saw the police apprehending a suspect in the vicinity of Parika Market. The suspect was positively identified by the businessman as the intruder who was caught in his house and managed to escape.
Most of the stolen jewellery and the cell phone were recovered by the police and the suspect is expected to appear in court today or tomorrow.
Meanwhile, in a similar incident a bandit who recently invaded the home of another businessman, on the East Coast of Demerara, was not so lucky since he was shot while his two accomplices escaped.
The bullet caused the man to be hospitalised with a severed tongue. He was unable to communicate with investigators to answer questions about his accomplices. However, a firearm being carried by the bandits was recovered at the scene.

( Leroy Smith)